Jonathan Daniel Hamm was born on March 10,1971 and is an American actor.
53 Facts About Jon Hamm
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Jon Hamm received 16 Primetime Emmy Award nominations for acting in and producing Mad Men and for his guest appearances on 30 Rock and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.
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Jon Hamm has appeared in the Sky Arts series A Young Doctor's Notebook, the Channel 4 dystopian anthology series Black Mirror, the Amazon Prime fantasy series Good Omens, and the FX superhero series Legion.
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Jon Hamm guest starred in the sitcoms 30 Rock, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Parks and Recreation, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and in the Netflix comedy series Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp.
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Jon Hamm voiced roles in the animated films Shrek Forever After and Minions.
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Jon Hamm is of German, English and Irish descent; his surname came from German immigrants.
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Jon Hamm's parents divorced when he was two years old, and he lived in the St Louis suburb of Creve Coeur with his mother until her death from colon cancer when he was ten.
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Jon Hamm then lived with his father and grandmother in nearby Normandy.
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Jon Hamm's first acting role was as Winnie-the-Pooh in first grade.
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Jon Hamm attended John Burroughs School, a private school in Ladue, where he was a member of the football, baseball, and swim teams.
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Jon Hamm was a member of the Upsilon chapter of Sigma Nu fraternity, and was arrested for participating in a violent hazing incident during his third year.
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Jon Hamm answered an advertisement from a theater company seeking players for a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream and was cast in the production.
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Jon Hamm made a plea deal and completed probation under the terms of a deferred adjudication, allowing him to avoid being convicted of a crime.
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Years later, Jon Hamm appeared in Kemper's Netflix series Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.
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Jon Hamm moved into a house with four other aspiring actors and began working as a waiter while attending auditions.
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Jon Hamm acted in theater, including as Flavius in a production of Shakespeare's Timon of Athens with the Sacred Fools Theater Company.
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Jon Hamm continued working as a waiter and, briefly, worked as a set designer for a softcore pornography movie.
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Jon Hamm decided that his 30th birthday would be his deadline to succeed in Hollywood, and has said:.
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In 2000, Jon Hamm landed the role of romantic firefighter Burt Ridley on NBC's drama series Providence.
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Jon Hamm made his feature movie debut with one line in Clint Eastwood's adventure film Space Cowboys.
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Jon Hamm's career was bolstered by his recurring role of police inspector Nate Basso on Lifetime's television series The Division from 2002 to 2004.
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Jon Hamm believes that an actor with a "proven track record" would likely have been chosen if another network had produced the show.
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Jon Hamm went through numerous auditions; each time he explained to the casting directors what he could bring to the character, if given the part.
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Jon Hamm received his first Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series on September 20,2015, after receiving 12 nominations for acting in and producing the series.
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Jon Hamm returned as host again on January 30 and October 30,2010.
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Jon Hamm's first leading film role came with the independent mystery thriller Stolen in 2009, in which he played a police officer whose son has been missing for eight years.
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Jon Hamm's next acting role was as defense attorney Jake Ehrlich in the independent film Howl, based on Allen Ginsberg's eponymous 1956 poem.
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Jon Hamm was featured in Zack Snyder's action-fantasy film Sucker Punch as the character High Roller and the doctor.
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Jon Hamm was next seen in the independent feature Friends with Kids, which he produced with his then-partner Jennifer Westfeldt.
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Jon Hamm had a recurring role in the sitcom The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret in 2012, as the servant of sociopathic billionaire Dave Mountford.
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Jon Hamm hosted the 21st ESPYS Awards on July 17,2013.
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Jon Hamm appeared with Daniel Radcliffe in A Young Doctor's Notebook, playing an older version of Radcliffe's character, from December 2012 to December 2013.
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Jon Hamm had a number of roles in 2015, including the comedy show Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp.
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Jon Hamm was featured in the animated comedy Minions as the voice of Herb Overkill.
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In 2018, Jon Hamm appeared in the drama Nostalgia and the political thriller Beirut.
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Jon Hamm appeared in the BBC and Amazon's 2019 television adaptation of Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman's Good Omens as the Archangel Gabriel.
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In 2022, Jon Hamm appeared in Top Gun: Maverick, the sequel to 1986's Top Gun.
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Jon Hamm plays Fletch in the film and received positive reviews for his performance and comedic timing.
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Jon Hamm appears in ongoing ads in Canada for SkipTheDishes.
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In January 2022 he appeared on an Apple TV+ ad titled "Everyone but Jon Hamm" showcasing the streaming service's wide array of A-list actresses and actors participating in original Apple productions.
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Also in 2022, Jon Hamm was featured in a series of TV commercials for Progressive Insurance as having an off-and-on relationship with spokesperson Flo.
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In March 2015, Jon Hamm's representative confirmed that he had recently completed in-patient treatment for alcoholism.
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Jon Hamm reported developing vitiligo during the filming of Mad Men.
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Jon Hamm was in a long-term relationship with actress and screenwriter Jennifer Westfeldt from 1997 to 2015.
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In February 2023, Jon Hamm became engaged to actress Anna Osceola after two years of dating; Osceola briefly appeared as the flower child receptionist at the California coastal retreat that Jon Hamm's character stayed at in the 2015 series finale of Mad Men.
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Jon Hamm is a devoted fan of the St Louis Blues National Hockey League team and has appeared in two television advertisements for the team.
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Jon Hamm is a fan of the St Louis Cardinals Major League Baseball team and narrated the official highlight movie for the 2011 World Series, won by the Cardinals.
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Jon Hamm narrates the Amazon NFL documentary series All or Nothing, as of 2015.
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Jon Hamm represented the Cardinals and hit a home run during the game.
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In 2012 United States presidential election Jon Hamm supported incumbent President Barack Obama.
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In October 2016, Jon Hamm attended a Broadway fundraiser for Hillary Clinton.
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In May 2023, Jon Hamm narrated an ad for Democratic candidate Lucas Kunce in his home state's 2024 United States Senate election, taking aim at incumbent Josh Hawley's alleged lack of courage.
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Jon Hamm has won an Emmy, two Golden Globes, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards, among others.